Peace and safety. How we take these things for granted sometimes. When I was a little girl I never though about peace or safety. I had them and didn't even realize it. I felt secure. My family was my safety net. My parents nurtured me and made me feel safe. I was raised to know that family was important. Mom and Dad were always there for me. I had an older sister I could rely on. My parents came from large families in the south where family reunions are common. My world branched out to aunts, uncles, cousins. We were family.
My dad was in the military so I experienced life in many areas of the country and the world. All under the safety of my family. My parents had good friends and my safety net grew. I played with their children who became my friends. Family, friends, neighbors were an ever growing safety net.
Always peaceful and secure.
Even when I became an adult and went through two failed marriges I always felt an underlying security of my family and friends. Then the unthinkable happened. The basis for my feelings of security unraveled. My uncle caused a family rift. The rift extendend out through our family like a pebble hitting a windshield causing a crack that continued to spread and grow. Like a spreading cancer it spread to a cousin who sued my father over a property line. It was sad to watch my parents suffer through this in the last years of their life when all they wanted was peace. My father prayed for peace between him and his brother who had caused the misunderstanding.
When my parents past away. I inherited the land dispute. My life was anything but peaceful and secure. My sister sent me the scripture in Isaiah 32:18 which says "My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest." My sister and I prayed in agreement that this would be God's promise to me.
God's promise did come to pass. This past year the lawsuit ended. My cousin sold her land which broders our property to my son. We are still family; still cracked and broken. Let the healing begin. I do know that my sense of peace and safety no longer center around friends and family but solely on the Lord.
God can move mountains, he can heal, he can cause peace beyond all understanding, he can protect, and he is real. Believe in him with all your heart, mind, and soul. He is there for you, and he will send a safety net of angels to stand by you in your time of need. He will provide a place of peace and safety for you.
My dad was in the military so I experienced life in many areas of the country and the world. All under the safety of my family. My parents had good friends and my safety net grew. I played with their children who became my friends. Family, friends, neighbors were an ever growing safety net.
Always peaceful and secure.
Even when I became an adult and went through two failed marriges I always felt an underlying security of my family and friends. Then the unthinkable happened. The basis for my feelings of security unraveled. My uncle caused a family rift. The rift extendend out through our family like a pebble hitting a windshield causing a crack that continued to spread and grow. Like a spreading cancer it spread to a cousin who sued my father over a property line. It was sad to watch my parents suffer through this in the last years of their life when all they wanted was peace. My father prayed for peace between him and his brother who had caused the misunderstanding.
When my parents past away. I inherited the land dispute. My life was anything but peaceful and secure. My sister sent me the scripture in Isaiah 32:18 which says "My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest." My sister and I prayed in agreement that this would be God's promise to me.
God's promise did come to pass. This past year the lawsuit ended. My cousin sold her land which broders our property to my son. We are still family; still cracked and broken. Let the healing begin. I do know that my sense of peace and safety no longer center around friends and family but solely on the Lord.
God can move mountains, he can heal, he can cause peace beyond all understanding, he can protect, and he is real. Believe in him with all your heart, mind, and soul. He is there for you, and he will send a safety net of angels to stand by you in your time of need. He will provide a place of peace and safety for you.
